Jay Simeon

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Jay Simeon (born July 27, 1976) is a

Blackfoot ancestry and he was born in Fort Macleod, Alberta.[1]

Jay has been practicing Haida art since the age of 14, finding his passion while studying the fundamentals of Haida design with his aunt, Sharon Hitchcock.

Jay completed an advanced design course at

silkscreen
prints.

Especially of note, Jay's work has been featured in the exhibition Raven Travelling at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 2006, the largest Haida exhibition in recent years. His work is also in the permanent collection of the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, WA. His most recent creation of note being a grand piano painted with one of his designs, especially for the Olympics; the paint used was infused with the dust of argillite from Haida Gwaii.

References

  1. ^ "Jay Simeon | Northwest Coast Native Art | Douglas Reynolds Gallery". 21 July 2023.

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